SQLTeach (Part of the DevTeach Conferences in Canada) has enjoyed success for many years. I enjoyed the opportunity to speak at and attend SQLTeach at various times over the years. Since SQLTeach is part of DevTeach, the ''feel'' of the event is very different from PASS or SQLRally or even a SQL Saturday where SQL is the primary ...

I've been working on my presentation for SQL Saturday in Charlotte - http://www.sqlsaturday.com/33/eventhome.aspx. I will be presenting a session on using the basics of Perfmon to monitor your environment. There is a great line-up of speakers. If you are in the area (or you can find a cheap flight to CLT), don't miss this ...

Recently, I needed to capture some performance data from the host of a virtualized SQL Server. There is a utility called ''esxtop'' that if run from the ESX Host Command Line, it displays text-based information in columns similar to that which you see in Windows Task Manager. That is handy, but I wanted to get this to a file. ...